AKCrash

I am glad you are still skydiving even after an injury from the first jump.

Jim, Thank you very, very much for the thorough response. I greatly appreciate that. I definitely don’t wish to lose my leg or get hurt anymore

I am trying to enjoy it in my paramedic class but the instructor is too loud "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

>He didn't wave off before he pulled! I didn't catch that!! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

I did meet the wieght requirement at first when I started skydiving. However, as I progressed, I became on my own and didn't pay attention to this matter. I weighed myself in the dropzone twice to figure out my wing load. On both times, I broke myself On another note, I will never lay skydiving off even if I lost my leg

Very Funny "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Is EMS that much better up north??!! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Holy Wakamoly "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

They wanted me to pay $200 for it. So I was thinking: $200 / $21 (ticket price for 13,500 ft at Z-Hills) = 9.52 Jumps So I figured I would skydive instead.. I found another company which offered to pay for orientation and EVOC was included. I was supposed to do the orientation May 1st, but since I broke my fibia in a night jump 4 weeks ago, I get to have a little vacation

Congrats

Yeah I know how private owned ambulance services are. I applied for one down here. The boss (or who was supposed to be the boss) wanted me to pay for my EVOC!! Can you believe that!! I told him, I though you would pay me while taking the class since it's technically supposed to be considered part of the job "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Practice your emergency procedures. Make that your second nature. I was practicing it when all the time even when I am standing on checkout line in your gorcery story. Imagine your cutaway and reserve handles. Practice them in order. Have fun. It will be a great time. Be safe on landing. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Thanks.. As a matter of fact, that night jump would have been one of my best skydive if it wasn't for that landing. The view from above was amazing. It was so great to be able to see the city lights and stuff.. I was a little worried as I failed to spot the other skydivers. But beside that, I did enjoy the canopy ride. I was dying for a high altitude jump which was supposed to take a place the following morning, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

The hardware did bent. That was my orthopedic favorite part about the whole thing as he was not pleased with me at all "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Does anyone else think this is hilarious!! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

for fracture or sprain use Ice. Use heat when you have for instance stiff muscle because heat will make the tissues expand. I broke my tibia twice on bad landings.. Ice and oxycodone would be two things you will greatly appreciate! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Congrats. Welcome back to freedom! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

WingLoad was 1.1 in the first time and 1.0 the second time "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

>When you set up your "wide" pattern did that cause you to plan a landing in a area where there was likely to be more turbulence than where the other people were landing or was there likely to be turbulence no matter where you landed? I was not aware of any turbulence. As a matter of fact, I didn't pay attention to the fact that the wind was coming through a large side of trees. The reason why I take the large pattern is to stay away from other skydivers. In case I do something stupid, I dont hurt any1 else and no one hurts me. I didn't expect any turbulences that day. As a matter of fact, I made 4 skydives before the injury that day. Experienced jumpers had no issues with landings at all. Thnk you for the thoughts. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

>4. didnt let the first injury heal before returning to jumping It technically fully healed according to my doctor. >5. Broke more bones on a night jump due to an improper flare (were you in the lights for landing or off in the boonies?) The landing area at z hills was very large and it is very hard light it completely up. The second injury was mainly misjudging how high I was from the ground. Thanks for the advise. As a matter of fact, contacting skydive DeLand was on my schedule for the following week to sign up with one of their canopy classes. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

I really don’t know where to start this from. But I think your input would be greatly appreciated. I started skydiving last July. The plan was one skydive as it was something I wanted to do. Tandem wasn’t an option because I was too big (270 lbs at the time). AFF was the only option for me. Got on very strict diet, dropped to 241 lbs (240 max limit) and did my first AFF. Loved it and decided to pursue with the sport. Since I started, I was known with my rough landings. On AFF 1, I got too scared as it seemed to me that I was coming to the ground too fast. Flared 40 ft above the ground, held the flare and came hard to the ground, but I walked away that day without scratch (Navigators ROCK). My third landing was smooth butt sliding on Taxi Runway. And yes my instructor didn’t like that at all and I heard very long lecture afterward. Landings got better with the time but still rough. Because I lost my weight very quickly, I was gaining it back again. However, I completely hid this fact from all of my instructors and was jumping the biggest canopy the DZ had (300 ft). Fifteen jumps later, I went to 280 and then to 260 as I had total of 38 jumps. I focused on canopy skills after downsizing as I deploy high and play with canopy (practice turns, half braked turns, front risers, back risers, etc). On my 44th jump, I noticed a lot of traffic after deployment around 3,000 ft. Like I usually do, I sat up wide landing pattern away from all the traffic. Wind was around 25 mi/hr at the time. I have jumped under similar conditions with no incidents. This time, wind was coming from the west which meant it was blowing through the trees. My canopy stalled around 25 ft above the ground. I broke my right fibia and dislocated the ankle there too. Had a surgery done, 7 pins and a screw. Stayed away from skydiving for 12 weeks missing the best season. I came back as soon as the doctor cleared me. I was still limping, but I couldn’t stay away for more than 14 weeks. As I came back, I focused more on canopy control and landing patterns. Considering my recent injury, I was very conservative with landings as I slide all of them without making any attempt to stand anything up. I didn’t want to take any chances with my bad ankle. I made around 30 skydives within a month. I got my B license and looked forward for the night jump and the high altitude. March 16th was my first attempt with the night jump. It was about to be one of the best skydives I have ever had if it wasn’t for the high flare (Because I wasn’t too sure where the ground was). Unfortunately, I, again, broke my right tibia. This time there was no dislocation because I had so much hardware in my ankle which kept everything intact. I know that people have had accidents much worse than me, but who else had such a tough luck! Blue skies and stay safe - Amer

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

just when I thought I learned English!! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

I wish.. in fact, it's a he!! "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

Good job.. Are you an EMT or Medic too?? "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin